Little photo slide show of pictures I made at my visit of the Mont Saint Michel last week. In late summer at the evening is one of the best times to visit le Mont as the tourists are already gone, the main street is quiet and the light is just beautiful. Enjoy
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In summer time you can see some pretty interesting ships coming to Saint Malo. This one here is one of the most futuristic ones. It is the “Skat”, one of the biggest private yachts on the globe and it is owned by Charles Simonyi former Chief Architect of Microsoft. I saw the “Skat” already last year in Saint Malo but there it laid in the smaller harbor area. This year it has a good place directly at the city walls.[...]
This is a neolythic site near the town of Dol de Bretagne. It is one of the tallest Menhirs in Brittany.
The Cap Fréhel is situated near the town of Matignon and is the most stunning cliff in this part of Brittany (Haute Bretagne) and therefore extremely popular amongst both tourists and locals on a sunny day and over the weekened. You have the possibility to go there by boat from Saint Malo or simply drive up to the Cap by car. Parking cost 2 Euros, so rather reasonable and in the end nothing is for free
Today I want to show you one of my favourite spots on the Côte d’Emeraude, the Emerald Coast of Brittany. It is the peninsula named La Pointe Grouin. It is north of Cancale, the oyster capital I already showed you in my other video here on this blog. La Pointe de Grouin on PhotoPeach Standing on la Pointe Grouin on a clear day will give you a magnificent view to the east over Normandy, la Baie and the Mont Saint[...]
This is “my” château , well, kind of. I see it every day on my way home.
Last weekend we visited the Mont Saint Michel. This is a trip we usually do once or twice a year outside the tourist season. The Mont is after Versailles the second most visited site in France so you can imagine how crowded it can get. The main “problem” is that there is basically only one small street leading up the hill to the cathedral which is about 4m wide. The second possibility is the old town wall. Now in march[...]
I think if you want to visit Brittany you really have to come in spring time. Although the past two summers were horrible, the spring time is simply amazing. Therefore we try to enjoy it as much as we can. Today we went up to Dol de Bretagne because there was a little market with plants and trees mixed with some garage sales. As it was not that great, the first “braderies” of the year never are, we decided to[...]
When I find some free time in the schedule I always enjoy driving up to the coast and spend a little while in Saint Malo. Brittany has a special light which is appreciated by many painters and also photographers. Some of the greatest Impressionists worked in the region. For picture taking early morning and late afternoon are the best times and I can say that I’m happy with the results of this day. First, we went down the mole where[...]
Beautiful evening in Saint Malo. Always great to climb the old stone city wall of Saint Malo and watch the sunset over the Channel.
